Apparatus for cutting and slicing



W. G. WARD. APPARATUS FOR CUTTING AND SLIEING.v APPLICATION FILED mm. 12. 1920.

1 ,360,480, Patented Nov. 30, 1920.

UNITED STATES WILLIAM GEORGE WARD, OF BATH, ENGLAND.

APPARATUS FOR CUTTING AND SLICING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 30, 1920.

Application filed March 12, 1920. Serial No. 365,203.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM GEORGE WARD, subject of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at 21 and 22 Cynthia Road, South Twerton, Bath, in the county of Somerset, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Cutting and Slicing, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to apparatus for slicing or cutting such articles as beans. The apparatus comprises essentially a pair of resilient stringing blades mounted upon the parallel portions of a U-shaped bar, and a feature of the invention is the combination therewith of spring controlled slicing blades situated at the rear of the stringing blades, the arrangement being such that the bean or the like is both stringed and sliced during the forward feeding movement thereof.

It has heretofore been proposed, in an apparatus of this character, to feed the beans first to the stringing blades by one traveling band, and thereafter by a second band, in a separate operation, to rotary slicing knives.

It is the object of this invention to provide an improved apparatus of the kind in which the stringing and slicing operations are performed separately.

To this end, according to this invention, the apparatus comprises in combination a rectangular frame provided with a clamp for securing it in any convenient position, said frame carrying the resilient stringing blades .and sets of fixed slicing blades arranged clear of the stringing blades.

In order that my invention may be more readily understood, reference is had to the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of the complete apparatus.

Fig. 2 is a section on the line X-Y looking in the direction of arrow;

Figs. 3, 4 and 5 are respectively transverse view, elevation, and plan of one of the stringing blade attachments to a larger scale.

Referring to the drawings, I employ a rectangular metal frame 1, which may be a casting, provided with a downwardly ex tending arm 2 carrying a threaded clamping screw 3 operated to hold the frame securely after it has been adjusted in position on a table or platform.

This frame 1 is divided into three or more sections or divisions by means of the two or more cross bars elwhich are so positioned that the larger division 5 is at the bottom.

In this division 5 are situated the two re sillent stringing blade attachments. These each comprise a bracket 6 perforated with a hole 7 at each end to permit them to slide on a pair of horizontal guide rods 8 carried by the frame 1. These rods 8 are preferably threaded into the frame to permit removal when desired. Each bracket is provided I with a tapered recess 9 in its inner face so that when the two brackets are placed together (Fig. 1) a tapered aperture is formed merging to the edges of the cutting blades 10. These are carried by elliptical collars 11 throughwhich pass set screws 12 engaging with the brackets 6. This arrangement permits the blades to be adjusted relative to the aperture to increase or decrease the cut as will be readily understood. Means for normally maintaining the two brackets 6 in resilient engagement comprises helical springs 13 threaded over the guide rods 8 and acting between the vertical walls of the frame 1 and the rear of the brackets. This completes the device for stringing the bean and it will be observed that during the stringing movement the two cutting members will readily expand outwardly as the width of the bean increases.

The bean must now be sliced and to effect this the upper divisions in the frame 1 are each provided with a plurality of slicing edges or blades 14: and 15 spaced preferably in each set an equal distance apart. It will be observed that there are a less number of blades 14 in the upper division and conse quently the space between adjacent blades is comparatively large, while the spaces in the lower division are narrower as more blades 15 are embodied. Thus the bean or the like can be sliced to the thickness desired.

What I claim as my invention and desire to obtain by Letters Patent is 1. In apparatus for cutting and slicing the combination with a frame, of a pair of parallel bars secured to said frame and passing from one of its sides to the opposite side, a pair of brackets mounted on said bars, an inclined recess in each of said brackets, said recesses forming together a tapered guide passage for the articles to be cut, a blade on each of said brackets having its edge located within said guide passage, slotted collars on said blades, securing screws passing through said slots whereby the positions of the blades relative to the brackets can be adjusted when desired.

2. In apparatus for cutting and slicing, the combination with a frame, of a pair of parallel bars secured to said frame and pass ing from one of its sides to the opposite side, a pair of brackets slidably mounted on said bars, springs on said bars acting to press said brackets together, an inclined recess in each of said brackets, said recesses forming together a tapered guide passage for the'articles to be cut, a blade on each of said brackets having its edge located within said guide passage, slotted collars on said blades, securing screws passing through said slots whereby the positions of the blades relative to the brackets can be adjusted when desired.

3. In apparatus for cutting and slicing, the combination with a frame, of a pair of parallel bars secured to said frame and pass ing from one of its sides to the opposite side, a pair of brackets mounted on said bars, an inclined recess in each of said brackets, said recesses forming together a tapered guide passage for the articles to be cut, a blade on each of said brackets having its edge located within said guide passage, slotted collars on said blades, the slots being at right angles to the edges of the blades, securing screws pass ing through said slots whereby the positions of the blades relative to the brackets can be adjusted when desired.

4;. In apparatus for cutting and slicing, the combination with a frame, of a pair of parallel bars secured to said frame and passing from one of its sides to the opposite side, a pair of brackets slidably mounted on said bars, springs on said bars acting to press said brackets together, an inclined recess in each of said brackets, said recesses forming together a tapered guide passage for the articles to be cut, a blade on each of said brackets having its edge located within said guide passage, slotted collars on said blades, the slots being at right angles to the edges of the blades, securing screws passing through said slots whereby the positions of the blades relative to the brackets can be adjusted when desired.

WILLIAM GEORGE WARD. 

